REPORT ON SATELLITE CAPABILITIES FOR FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 311. REPORT ON SATELLITE CAPABILITIES FOR FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT. (a) In General.— Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report describing how current and planned satellite capabilities of the Federal Government can aid in the enforcement of Federal fisheries laws and international fisheries conservation programs. (b) Report Contents.— The report under subsection (a) shall include consideration of— (1) active, transponder-based systems and passive, vessel signature-based technologies capable of localizing or identifying individual vessels without the use of vessel-carried transmitters; (2) the resolution, coverage periods, and all-weather effectiveness of each technology and the real-time data delivery capacity of the various systems; (3) a description of the technological requirements (including data processing and transfer procedures) and institutional requirements necessary to transfer satellite data to end users for management and enforcement purposes; and (4) the status of foreign civil satellites and the feasibility of their application to international vessel location and monitoring.